Ashfield Football Club are a Scottish
football club based in the
Possilpark area of north
Glasgow
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. The club compete in the and wear black and white hooped strips.
Formed in 1886, they are based at
Saracen Park, which they share with the
Glasgow Tigers speedway
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team; it is located a short distance from Keppoch Park, home of neighbours
Glasgow Perthshire. In October 2004, the club lost many historical records and strips as a result of a fire at Saracen Park.
In July 2018 former Ashfield player Paul Maxwell took over as manager with former player Ryan Cairley taking over as assistant.
Honours
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Scottish Junior Cup
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**Winners: 1893–94, 1894–95, 1904–05, 1909–10
**Runners-up: 1913–14, 1920–21
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Central Junior Football League
**Winners: 1952–53, 1954–55
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Glasgow Junior Football League
**Winners: 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1920–21
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Scottish Intermediate Football League
The Intermediate dispute was a major split in Scottish football which lasted from 1925 to 1931 and concerned the compensation that Junior clubs received when one of their players moved to a Senior football league side. Although largely confined t ...
**Winners: 1928–29
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West Super League First Division
**Winners: 2010–11
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Central League C Division
**Winners: 1968–69
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West Region Central Second Division
**Winners: 2006–07
Promotion from the WoS PDM Buildbase Second Division 2022/2023
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Central Region Division Two
**Winners: 1990–91
Other Honours
* Evening Times Cup winners 2011-12
* West of Scotland Junior Cup winners: 1927–28, 1928–29
* Glasgow Junior Cup winners: 1893–94, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1914–15, 1925–26, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1962–63
* Glasgow Dryburgh Cup: 1926–27, 1928–29, 1946–47, 1952–53, 1962–63
* Maryhill Charity Cup: 1898, 1918
Former players
1. Players that have played/managed in the Football League or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
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Johnny Quigley
John Quigley (28 June 1935 – 30 November 2004) born in the Govan area of Glasgow he was a Scottish football midfielder and coach. His career peaked when he won the 1959 FA Cup Final with Nottingham Forest.
Playing career Celtic
He began his ...
- Nottingham Forest, Huddersfield Town, Bristol City, Mansfield Town
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Walter Smith
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A defender, Smith's playing car ...
- Dundee Utd, Glasgow Rangers, Everton, Scotland
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Bobby Parker
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Bill Finlayson
2. Players with full international caps.
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Archie Gray
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Tommy Ring
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Alex Massie
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Alex James
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Bobby Neill
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Jimmy Gibson
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Johnny Crum
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Jimmy Blair
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Stevie Chalmers
3. Players that hold a club record or have captained the club.
References
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Association football clubs established in 1886
1886 establishments in Scotland
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